Predators using dating apps to target single mothers for child abuse, global study reveals

Debi Fry, Childlight’s Global Director of Data and Professor of International Child Protection Research at University of Edinburgh.

Sexual predators may target single mothers on online dating apps and groom them for access to their children, a new report has revealed.

Two thirds of men who have sexually offended against children use dating sites with many using these apps daily, new research by the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute, hosted by the University of Edinburgh and University of New South Wales, has found.